Peter Michaels, a talented Hout Bay musician, put into words and music what Thrive means to him in his incredible song called “Thrive is alive”. He has generously donated the rights to use the song and before long we will all be humming his tune…“thrive is alive, we need nature to survive..."

Lyrics

Thrive is alive …we need nature to survive Thrive is alive …we need nature to survive
We need nature in our lives in order to survive
The ocean is polluted tell me am I going to die it up to me and you to make a brighter choice
Sit still and listen to mother nature’s voice
Come on guys waste wise there ain’t no time to minimising look around stop…
Clean picking up the inspiration, a greener economy to our nation,
Stand up against vandalism you got it in you.

Thrive is alive …we need nature to survive, Thrive is alive …we need nature to survive
I can see the coke cans and the plastic bags polluting the ocean like a continuous motion
Life beneath the earth is getting hurt because of the dirt
It’s a painful feeling so lets show life that there is some healing
We can see the birds fly high up in the sky someone tell me why?
Is it that our fish got to die…if we look into a seals, eye, whales eye, birds eye
You can see them cry now you ask the question why, must nature die?

Refuse reuse reduce recycle respect
Thrive is alive …we need nature to survive
I say knob your head if you really do care
Clap your hands and wave them in the air
Stamp your feet nature has a need…

(2)I say knob your head if you really do care
Clap your hands and wave them in the air
Stamp your feet nature has a need…

(3) I say knob your head if you really do care
Clap your hands and wave them in the air
Stamp your feet nature has a need… Ah ha, ha ha… Ah ha, ha ha